New Palestine High School | |
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Address | |
4485 S Victory Dr , , 46163 United States | |
Coordinates | 39°43′07″N 85°53′26″W / 39.718653°N 85.890571°W |
Information | |
Type | Public high school |
Established | 1919 |
School district | Southern Hancock County Community School Corporation |
Principal | James Voelz |
Teaching staff | 73.17 (FTE)[1] |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 1,217 (2023–2024)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 16.63[1] |
Color(s) | |
Athletics conference | Hoosier Heritage Conference |
Mascot | Dragon |
Newspaper | Crimson Messenger |
Yearbook | Avalon |
Website | NPHS |
New Palestine High School is a rural public high school (grades 9–12) located in New Palestine, Indiana, managed by the Community School Corporation of Southern Hancock County. As of the 2016–2017 school year it serves 1,137 students and employed 61 faculty members.[2]
New Palestine High School has repeatedly been named a Two-Star School by the Indiana Department of Education.[3] In 2012, it was named a National Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education.[4]
New Palestine High School is a rural school surrounded by a shady way of life, it has students from the communities of Finly A.K.A Carrolton, New Palestine, Gem, Sugar creek and Fountaintown.